More Easy Healthy Recipes And Diet Tips

Hello everyone, let me apologize for not posting in ages but I'm busy with a big project that takes up most of my time now and doesn't leave time for blogging. I was very surprised when I checked my blog now and saw that the number of my followers has grown to a fantastic 8. Thank you so much for your interest, guys!

Now, there is something I feel I need to share with you. I just got an email from Matthew from FaveDietsBlog, letting me know he liked my blog and shared some of my cooking tips on his. I went to pay him a visit, and what I discovered was awesome.

FaveDietsBlog has its focus on diet and weight loss tips, healthy eating and mouthwatering healthy recipes. Here are just two posts that caught my eye:

Healthy Chicken Dinners in 30 Minutes Or Less
Chicken recipes are great if you are in a hurry, since this meat is quick to prepare, and it's very healthy because low in fat. Matthew has got two great recipes on his blog, and links to more on his website.

Healthier Cheese Cake Is Delicious
Don't know about you but I love cheese cake. Fortunately, I'm not one of those who have to worry about calories, but since I got my own family to look after I'm much more conscious of healthy eating. This cheese cake recipe is low in fat by using fat free sour cream and cream cheese, and also leaves the option of replacing sugar with sugar substitutes, making it even healthier. Sounds like a cheese cake even dieters and diabetics could enjoy without having to feel guilty.

There's much more great healthy recipes and diet tips out there, so if you got some time, go visit FaveDietsBlog!

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Low Carb Recipes - Tastiest Low Carb Recipes

By Jenny Banks

A low carbohydrate diet means taking fewer carbohydrates. In such a diet, the intake of proteins and certain fats is increased and foods that have high content of carbohydrates are excluded. Foods such as Pasta, Noodles, Rice, and Desserts are high in carbs. In the 1990s Dr. Atkins started the high-protein and low-carb diet.

Some recommended low-carb recipes are as follows:

Spinach with spices

Ingredients

• 2 pounds Spinach
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 cloves
• Half tablespoon white butter
• A few fenugreek seeds
• One stick cinnamon
• Few seeds of crushed black pepper
• Salt to taste

Method
Wash and finely chop spinach leaves. Add butter into a pan. Add fenugreek seeds, cloves, garlic, cinnamon, crushed pepper and stir for 2 minutes. Then add spinach and salt and cook on low heat for about 20 minutes.

Baked Fish

Ingredients

• One pound fillet of fish
• Salt to taste
• Black Pepper
• One teaspoon Olive Oil
• One tablespoon lemon juice

Method
Marinate fish in olive oil and lemon juice. Add salt and black pepper. Take a baking dish and bake fish for 6 minutes.

Lemon Chicken

Ingredients

• 2 breasts of chicken
• 2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste
• One teaspoon Tomato puree
• One teaspoon lemon juice
• One tablespoon olive oil
• Salt and black pepper to taste

Method
Marinate chicken breasts in all the above ingredients. Take a baking dish and bake chicken for 10-15 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves.

The above recipes have low caloric value and are high in proteins. These can be accompanied with multi-grain or wheat bread and can be included as the main course of a meal. Caution should be taken not to be on extended duration of low-carb -diet as carbohydrates give energy. If people are in jobs that require high physical activity it is essential to have carbohydrates included in their meals. People with low physical activity can be on extended duration of low-carb diets.

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Quick Weight Loss Recipes

The best weight loss diet is just simply eating healthy, and that not only for a month or two but continuously. If you can eat anything you want, as long as you don't overdo it, you won't get frustrated and get back to your old habits. If you enjoy what you eat, you will keep on doing it, and the effect is great: Not only will you lose your excess weight without too much of an effort, but you will also keep it off.

We all actually know more or less what it means to eat healthy. Eating a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grain products, little fat and lean meat, and not too much fast food, chips and sweet stuff.

But what if we just simply don't have the time to cook? Don't worry! There are lots of recipes that are healthy and quick to make that can help you lose weight.

Just some ideas...
Why don't you take some apples and oranges to work as a snack in between, instead of chocolate bars or biscuits? They are packed in just as quick. And grapes are also very nice to eat in between. You can just grab some whilst working. But remember: Always wash the fruit before you eat it!

For summertime, you can very quickly prepare a tasty salad for lunch or supper. Just mix lettuce with canned tuna (the one in water, not in oil, of course) and fruit, e.g. diced pineapple (preferably fresh because the canned has usually sugar added).

Brown toast or whole grain muffins with sugar-free jam are also great. Or mix low-fat cottage cheese with some spices to make a quick tasty cream. Low-fat yoghurt also gives you plenty of healthy snack opportunities.

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Easy Weight Loss Recipe - Start Your Day With This Superfood Smoothie

By Joan Jones

Eating low calorie foods for maximum nutrition is a must for any weight loss program. This delicious blueberry smoothie will add superfoods to your breakfast with sweet, tangy blueberries which contain anti-inflammatory ingredients, plus Vitamin K and Folate, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, potassium, calcium and magnesium.

This Superfood Smoothie is a meal in a glass and also makes a great snack for increased energy-something that is very important when you're trying to lose weight.

Smoothie Weight Loss Secrets
The more slowly you eat or drink the better when you're trying to lose weight. Savor each mouthful by eating your smoothie with a tablespoon over the course of ten or 15 minutes. Eating slowly is great for your digestive system and this is good practice for eating slowly throughout the rest of the day too. Rinse out your glass and the blender with lots of warm water right away, and you won't have problems keeping your blender clean.

Ingredients

• 1 banana
• ½ c low fat vanilla soy milk or low fat milk
• 1 c vanilla fat-free yogurt
• 1 ½ tsp flax seed meal
• 1 ½ tsp honey
• 2/3 c fresh or frozen blueberries You can also add a tablespoon of high quality protein powder for added protein to start your day.

Directions

1. Put banana, yogurt, flax seed meal, soy milk and honey into your blender and mix on low until smooth.
2. Add blueberries and continue blending. Once the banana and blueberries are fully chopped, increase speed to medium.
3. Continue blending until you reach the consistency you want.
4. This blueberry smoothie recipe makes 2 servings of Superfood Smoothie.
5. Rinse your blender and glass and the blender right away with warm water and it makes clean-up much easier.

Nutritional Information per Serving - does not include protein powder if you added this ingredient
Calories 244
Fat 3g
Sodium 94mg
Carbohydrates 48.3g
Fiber 4.5g
Protein 9.4g

© Copyright 2008 by Joan Jones

Joan Jones is an award winning freelance journalist who writes feature articles on travel, home and garden, health and nutrition. Visit her new food and cooking blogs, where you'll find terrific recipes and food related articles at http://JoansCountryKitchen.com and http://DeliciousBlueberryRecipes.com
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Strawberry Cream Dessert

Try out this fruity low-fat dessert that can do totally without sugar! It’s irresistible for all who love strawberries. If you like, you can try it with other berries as well, it will be great. It can be done in half an hour. Just take a couple of hours to have it standing in the fridge to get firm.

Ingredients

• 3 tsp. gelatine
• 250 g low-fat yoghurt (vanilla flavor, or plain yoghurt mixed with a tsp. of cinnamon)
• 400 g low-fat smooth cottage cheese
• 250 g strawberries, mashed
• a few whole strawberries for decoration

Steps

1. Put 1 tbsp. of water into a small cup. Spread the gelatine on top and let it swell for 10 minutes. Then boil water in a small pot, put the cup with the gelatine in and stir until it has dissolved. Let it cool down a bit.
2. Mix yoghurt and cottage thoroughly , add gelatine and mix well.
3. Spoon half of the mixture into another bowl and mix it with the strawberries.
4. Spoon first the strawberry cream and afterwards the cheese-yoghurt cream into 4 high dessert glasses and put it into the fridge for a couple of hours until it is firm. Decorate it nicely with the strawberries you kept.

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Oriental Chicken With Curry Rice

This is a stunning chicken and fruit recipe you don’t want to miss. It’s very easy to make, low in fat and only contains healthy fruit sugar but no other sugar added.

Ingredients

• 4 chicken filets
• freshly ground black pepper, yellow curry
• 2 tbsp. rape-seed oil
• 200 g brown rice
• 2 tsp. yellow curry extra
• 1600 g fresh mixed fruit, cut into small pieces (e.g. peaches, pineapple, grapes, pears and cherries)
• 250 g water
• 1 tsp. cornflour

Steps

1. Cook the rice according to the instructions on the packet. When done, mix it with the curry.
2. Place the fruit with the water into a pot, cover and bring to boil. Allow it to simmer for about 10 minutes until the fruits are warm and soft. Mix the cornflour with a tbsp. of water, add to the fruits and boil for a short moment.
3. Wash and dry the chicken filets and season them with pepper and curry. Heat the oil in a pan and bake the chicken for about 5 minutes on moderate heat, then turn around, cover and bake for another 5 minutes. It is done, when it feels firm if you press on it.
4. Pour the fruit mixture over the chicken filets and serve with the curry rice.

Serves 4.

Tip
Alternately to fresh fruit, you can use 2 large cans of mixed fruit, or create your own special mix by choosing 4 small cans of your favorite fruits. This will go much quicker and enable you to prepare the whole dish in only half an hour. Just make sure that not too much sugar has been added to the fruit.

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Spicy Veggie Pasta With Cashews

This recipe is quick to make (approx. 30 minutes) and so delicious that your family will love it. It’s low in fat, sugar free, and packed with vegetables and whole grain.

Ingredients

• 200 g whole wheat pasta
• 4 tbsp. rape-seed oil
• 3 red chili, chopped (or 1 tsp. crushed chili)
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 80 g cashew nuts (plain or with chili flavor)
• 2 red and 1 yellow pepper, thinly sliced
• 150 g green beans (fresh or canned), cut into 2 cm long pieces
• 1 tin sweet corn (240 g)

Steps

1. Cook the pasta in boiling water. Check the cooking instructions on the label, as cooking times may differ from “normal” pasta.
2. In the meantime, chop the onions and chili.
3. Heat the oil in a pan, fry the onions and chili for about 3 minutes, occasionally stirring. Then add the cashews and fry for another minute.
4. Add the pepper and beans and stir-fry for about 5-10 minutes until the vegetables are soft. Then add the corn, mix everything well and leave on the stove until the corn is hot.
5. Drain the pasta and serve it with the veggies.

Serves 4.

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Onion Cake – A German Favorite

Onion cake is a traditional meal in Germany which has its peak time of popularity in late summer when the first wines of the year get onto the market. You’ll get it nearly everywhere then. Try it, then you’ll know why we love it so! Here’s how I make it.

Ingredients

For the dough

• 375 g flour
• ½ tsp. each salt and ground black pepper
• 1 packet instant yeast (for 500 g flour)
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• ¼ l lukewarm low-fat milk
• 60 g soft margarine (fat reduced), melted and slightly cooled down

For the filling

• 4 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 kg onions, sliced thinly
• 3 eggs
• freshly ground black pepper, salt
• 1 tsp. ground caraway
• 4 tbsp. sour cream
• 150 g lean bacon, diced

Instructions

Firstly, prepare the dough:

1. Sift the flour into a large bowl and mix it with salt and pepper.
2. Press a hollow into the middle, put yeast and sugar in and mix them with a few spoons of milk to create a pre-dough. Cover the bowl with a wet cloth and let it stand for 15 minutes.
3. Then, add the remaining milk and margarine and work to a smooth dough that’s not sticky any more. Put it back into the bowl, cover it again and allow it to rise for another half an hour.
4. Cover a baking tray with baking paper, roll out the dough on flour and place it onto the tray. Push up the edges.

Whilst the dough rises, you can start preparing the filling:

1. Heat the olive oil in a large pot or pan and stew the onions until tender. Allow them to cool down a bit.
2. Mix the eggs, spices and sour cream with a whisk until you get a smooth mixture.

Now put your onion cake together:

1. Preheat the oven on 190° C.
2. Spread the onions on the dough, pour the egg mixture over and sprinkle the bacon on top.
3. Allow the onion cake to rise for a couple of moments.
4. Bake it for about 30 minutes.

Serves 4.

Tips

• You can replace the caraway with cumin. It gives the onion cake a different, very interesting flavor.
  
• Onion cake tastes great hot and cold. You can prepare it a day or two in advance, keep it in the fridge and then warm it in the microwave.
• It's also great as a starter, but then you will need only half the recipe (or simply feed twice as much people).

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Spicy Vegetable And Mince Curry

This is a spicy low-fat, sugar-free curry recipe that can easily be done within an hour.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• 1 tsp. ground coriander
• 1 chili, chopped (or 1 tsp. crushed chili)
• ½ tsp. turmeric
• 2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 700 g lean minced meat
• 600 g butternut, diced
• 500 g carrots, thickly sliced
• 600 g potatoes, diced
• 500 g sweet potatoes, diced
• a pinch of salt

Steps

1. Heat the oil in a pot. Fry cumin and coriander for approximately 1 minute, continuously stirring. Add turmeric, chili and lemon juice and mix well.
2. Add the minced meat and roast it briefly.
3. Add the vegetables, mix well, cover and roast for 20-30 minutes until the vegetables are soft. Stir frequently to prevent burning.
4. Add the salt, mix well and serve.

Serves 4.

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Banana Strawberry Cream

Here's a delicious low-fat dessert with almost no sugar but a lot of taste and nutrients... I just love the banana-strawberry-honey combination. And it's so quick to make!

Ingredients

• 2 large ripe bananas
• 150 g strawberries
• 1 tsp. honey
• 500 g low-fat yoghurt, vanilla flavor
• unsweetened cocoa

Steps

1. Mash bananas and strawberries and mix with honey. Spoon the mixture into 4 dessert bowls.
2. Spread the yoghurt evenly on top.
3. Dust with a bit of cocoa and serve immediately.

Tips

• You can prepare the cream some time in advance and keep it in the fridge. In that case, put the cocoa on only shortly before you serve it.
• This dessert looks very nice in little glass bowls because it’s a layer dessert. But if you like, you can also mix all the ingredients together.
• If you don’t like the vanilla flavor, use plain yoghurt and add a tsp. of cinnamon.

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